Spot Forecast
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
Issued by NWS Boston, MA
569
FNUS71 KBOX 030819
FWSBOX
Spot Forecast for Herman Covey WMA Prescribed fire...Masswildlife
National Weather Service Boston/Norton MA
419 AM EDT Wed Jun 3 2026
Forecast is based on ignition time of 0700 EDT on June 03.
If conditions become unrepresentative, contact the National
Weather Service.
.DISCUSSION...
Continued dry conditions today and Thursday with an area of high
pressure settling across the northeast. Abundant sunshine this
afternoon with some fair weather clouds at times, light winds,
and warmer temperatures reaching the lower 80s. Noticeably warmer
Thursday with highs in the upper 80s and westerly wind less than
10 mph. The next opportunity for rain arrives late Saturday
evening into Sunday, followed by cooler temperatures.
.REST OF TODAY...
Sky/weather.........Sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 83.
Min humidity........29 percent.
Dewpoint............46.
Max apparent temp...81.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming north around 5 mph early
in the afternoon, then becoming light late in
the afternoon.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming north around 5 mph early
in the afternoon, then becoming light late in
the afternoon.
Mixing height.......7200 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....North 5 to 12 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1600 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (68800 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............2.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 95 in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......11.
TIME (EDT) 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........1 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 2
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............53 59 65 69 73 76 79 81 81 82 83
Dewpoint........45 47 47 47 45 45 45 46 46 47 48
RH..............74 64 52 45 37 33 30 29 29 29 30
Heat index (F)..53 59 65 69 73 76 79 80 80 80 81
20 FT wind dir..N N NW NW N N N N N N N
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 3
20 FT wind gust.6 5 6 7 9 9 9 9 9 8 7
Surface wnd dir.N N NW NW N N N N N N N
Surface wnd spd.1 1 1 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 3
Surface wnd gst.6 5 6 7 9 9 9 9 9 8 7
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.6 1.5 3.3 5.1 6.4 6.9 7.1 7.2 6.9 6.7
Transp wind dir.N N NW NW N N N N N N NW
Transp wind spd.5 5 6 8 9 12 12 10 9 8 7
LVORI...........3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 4 11 34 58 89 95 88 79 67 55
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 8 23 40 64 69 64 58 49 40
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR FR GD GD GD FR FR FR
Ceiling (kft)...13 12 12 11 11 11 12 13 13 13 12
.TONIGHT...
Sky/weather.........Mostly clear.
CWR.................0 percent.
Min temperature.....Around 53.
Max humidity........80 percent.
Dewpoint............52 increasing to 53 early, then decreasing to
48 around midnight.
Max apparent temp...80.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming south around 5 mph, then
becoming light after midnight.
Wind (20 ft)........Light winds becoming south around 5 mph, then
becoming light after midnight.
Mixing height.......400 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 6 mph shifting to the south 5 to 8
mph until just after midnight.
Smoke dispersal.....Fair (19700 knot-ft) early in the evening
decreasing to poor (1600 knot-ft) late in the
night.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................2 to 29.
CEILING (KFT).......15 increasing to 25.
TIME (EDT) 6PM 7PM 8PM 9PM 10P 11P MID 1AM 2AM 3AM 4AM 5AM
Sky (%).........1 0 2 1 12 3 11 2 5 2 2 15
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............81 78 74 68 64 62 60 59 56 55 54 53
Dewpoint........50 54 55 53 52 50 49 48 48 47 47 47
RH..............34 43 51 59 65 65 67 67 74 74 77 80
Heat index (F)..80 78 74 68 64 62 60 59 56 55 54 53
20 FT wind dir..NW SW SW S S S S S S S S SW
20 FT wind spd..3 2 2 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 1
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 8 10 12 10 10 10 8 7 7
Surface wnd dir.NW SW SW S S S S S S S S SW
Surface wnd spd.3 2 2 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 1
Surface wnd gst.6 6 6 8 10 12 10 10 10 8 7 7
Mix hgt (kft)...3.9 1.0 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Transp wind dir.NW W SW S S S S S S SW SW SW
Transp wind spd.6 5 5 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 6 5
LVORI...........2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4
ADI.............29 6 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4
Vrate kt-ft/1K..20 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR PR
Ceiling (kft)...15 20 20 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
.THURSDAY...
Sky/weather.........Mostly sunny.
CWR.................0 percent.
Max temperature.....Around 88.
Min humidity........26 percent.
Dewpoint............50 increasing to 51 in the late morning and
afternoon.
Max apparent temp...85.
Surface winds (mph).Light winds becoming west 5 to 9 mph early.
Wind (20 ft)........West winds 5 to 9 mph early in the morning
becoming light, then becoming west 5 to 9 mph
early.
Mixing height.......7500 ft AGL.
Transport winds.....West 5 to 14 mph.
Smoke dispersal.....Poor (1500 knot-ft) early in the morning
increasing to excellent (82900 knot-ft) in the
afternoon.
LVORI...............3.
ADI.................4 early in the morning increasing to 100 in the
afternoon.
CEILING (KFT).......25.
TIME (EDT) 6AM 7AM 8AM 9AM 10A 11A 12P 1PM 2PM 3PM 4PM 5PM
Sky (%).........20 10 14 10 10 11 11 23 48 33 12 24
Weather cov.....
Weather type....
Tstm cov........
CWR.............0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Temp............54 57 61 68 73 78 81 84 86 87 87 88
Dewpoint........48 50 52 53 53 52 51 51 50 50 50 49
RH..............80 77 72 59 49 40 35 32 29 28 28 26
Heat index (F)..54 57 61 68 73 78 80 82 84 84 84 85
20 FT wind dir..SW SW W SW W W W W W W W W
20 FT wind spd..1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 9
20 FT wind gust.6 6 6 6 7 9 9 10 12 13 13 14
Surface wnd dir.SW SW W SW W W W W W W W W
Surface wnd spd.1 1 1 2 3 5 5 6 7 8 8 9
Surface wnd gst.6 6 6 6 7 9 9 10 12 13 13 14
Mix hgt (kft)...0.4 0.4 0.6 1.4 2.4 3.6 4.9 5.6 6.2 7.4 7.5 6.2
Transp wind dir.W W W W W W W W W W W W
Transp wind spd.5 5 5 7 8 10 10 10 10 12 13 14
LVORI...........5 4 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ADI.............4 4 4 12 25 48 64 71 71 90 100 95
Vrate kt-ft/1K..2 2 3 8 17 33 44 50 56 74 83 75
Ventrate Cat....PR PR PR PR PR PR FR FR FR GD GD GD
Ceiling (kft)...25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25
$$
Forecaster...Dooley
Requested by...Benjamin Mazzei
Type of request...PRESCRIBED
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.EMAIL ben.mazzei@mass.gov